![]() ![]() The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose offers special 65 minute Flashlight Tours every Friday 13th and on Halloween. Sarah Winchester heir to rifle company fortune, owner resident of the Winchester Mystery House until she died in 1922 Handout Show More Show Less 7 of8 SOUNDSCENE_WINCHESTER_23302.JPG Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of8 Mrs. Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of8 Sarah Winchester's bedroom, inside the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of8 The South Witches Cap room where it is believed that Sarah Winchester held her saences, inside the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Ben King Show More Show Less 3 of8 Actress Helen Mirren, who plays Sarah Winchester, poses for a portrait in the South Conservatory of the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Ben King Show More Show Less 2 of8 Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in "Winchester." Sarah built San Jose's Winchester Mystery House. The Gardens Tour also has many points of interest, including the Greenhouse, Tank House and Fruit Drying Shed.1 of8 Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in "Winchester." Sarah built San Jose's Winchester Mystery House. ![]() Winchester's death in 1922 the house was sold and then opened to the public as the Winchester Mystery House. The continual building and remodeling created a 160-room house covering an area of six acres. There are rooms with gold plated fixtures, exquisite doors and windows of stained Tiffany glass set in silver designs as well as practical household innovations years ahead of their time. This unique building includes many outstanding elements of Victorian architecture and fine craftsmanship. Winchester's imagination free reign to try out what was evidently her consuming interest in architectural innovation. The abundance of timber within close proximity to San Jose allowed Mrs. The fantastic East lake shingle Queen Anne house was built at an estimated cost of five million dollars.Ĭonstruction began in 1884. It wasn't until Sarah Winchester died at the age of 85 in September 1922 that work on her bizarre, multi-gabled house finally stopped. Winchester that the spirits had placed a curse on her, and that if she wished to live, she must appease them by moving out west and constantly, without ceasing, build a house for them night and day. Winchester that the victims killed by the Winchester rifles her family manufactured were seeking revenge by taking the lives of her family. Winchester, upset at the deaths of her husband and daughter, reportedly consulted a spiritualist. William Winchester died on March 7, 1881, after which Mrs. Sarah and William were married on September 30, 1862, and had one child, Annie Pardee, who died about a month after birth in 1866. Winchester, wife of rifle manufacturer William Wirt Winchester. The Winchester House, or Winchester Mystery House as it is better known, is a 160-room Victorian Mansion built by Sarah L. ![]()
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